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2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
At only 60cm it is shorter than Sea Couch. |
2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Thicker and blunter spikelets than Sea Couch. |
2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Occupies sand near the sea, and grows on the seaward side of Sea Couch. |
2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
A glaucous green grass with bluntish glumes (the scaly outer parts) and totally lacking any awns (the hair-like strands that emerge from the tips of some grasses such as Sea Couchbut especially Sea Barleywhere they are very long. |
2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Just like all couch-grasses, this too has spikelets coming out alternately from opposite sides. |
2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
The flowers are cream-coloured. |
19th Aug 2017, Crosby Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
A little bit later in the year when the floral parts have gone fawn-coloured. |
2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Stems round, stiff and striated. Long narrow leaves are glaucous. |
2nd July 2011, Hightown beach, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Several leaves peel off from the main stem at intervals. |
Hybridizes with :
Some similarities to :
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Elytrigia | juncea | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Poaceae |
Elytrigia (Couch-Grasses) |
Grasses Family [Poaceae] |